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• Calculating the Value: Development vs. Waterfront Access – Conservation Law Foundation

  

  Calculating the Value: Development vs. Waterfront AccessCLF tool estimates the value of tradeoffs between development and public accessMAY 19, 2022Photo: Roberto Zingales (CC BY-SA 2.0) via FlickrMay 19, 2022 (BOSTON, MA) – Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) has developed an online tool that highlights the tradeoffs between increased development and the public’s right to access waterfront…

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• Does the BPDA have a vision for Boston’s future?

  

  Does the BPDA have a vision for Boston’s future? Housing advocates see a role for independent planning Yawu Miller Yawu Miller is the Banner’s senior editor. VIEW BIO https://www.baystatebanner.com/ Some see the development of Boston’s Seaport district as a developer-driven failure of urban planning. BANNER PHOTO As commuters made their way through Fields Corner last week,…

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• NO GREEN PICTURED in BRA Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS)

  

  Only Plazas, courtyards and lawns are claimed as Green open space by the BRA. More than half of the claims show no images. The public would like to see them and clear definitions of “Open”, “Green”, Lawn, Field, Plaza, Courtyard, Permeability and other rational, logical clear community communication. Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS)This web map…

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• CLF Blasts Proposed Luxury Hotel in Waterfront Danger Zone – Conservation Law Foundation

  CLF Blasts Proposed Luxury Hotel in Waterfront Danger ZoneOCT 16, 2015 JOSH BLOCK JOSH BLOCKMedia Contact:Josh Blockjblock@clf.org(617) 850-1709October 16, 2015 (BOSTON, MA) – Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) filed comments today with the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) and other agencies vowing to fight the waterfront luxury hotel complex proposed for Lewis Wharf. The proposed hotel is…

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• BRA Private developers ape BRA controversial resale fees

  

  Private developers ape BRA controversial resale fees BRUCE MOHL Apr 13, 2010SHARE2THE CONTROVERSIAL RESALE fees assessed by the Boston Redevelopment Authority may be coming to a private development near you.Get the Daily DownloadOur news roundup delivered every weekday.In the Winter 2010 issue of CommonWealth, we reported how the BRA collects resale fees equal to 1…

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• Feds taking aim at real estate fees of the BRA

  

  Feds taking aim at real estate fees; BRA seeks guidance BRUCE MOHL Oct 19, 2010SHAREA NOVEL REAL estate fee long collected by the Boston Redevelopment Author­ity, and more recently by some private developers, is coming under fire from the federal government.The Federal Housing Finance Agency is urging the lenders it oversees to stop investing in…

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• Wu’s housing play

  

  Wu’s Housing Play By JENNIFER SMITH  04/22/2022 07:15 AM EDT Presented by National Grid Image: Boston Overdevelopment and Blockage of public access to waterfront. PLANS ARE USELESS, PLANNING IS INDISPENSABLE — Boston’s development community is recalibrating after a week of rapid-fire announcements that set the stage and the stakes for Mayor Michelle Wu’s housing policies. Brian Golden,…

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• Campaign Letter Addresses

  Mayor Michelle Wu Mayor@Boston.govHonorable Daniel Ryan Dan.Ryan@mahouse.govHonorable Salvatore DiDomenico Sal.DiDomenico@masenate.govLydia  Edwards, Charlestown Councillor Lydia.edwards@boston.govBPDA   Director-Brian Golden  brian.golden@boston.govBPDA Board: BPDAboard@Boston.govBPDA   GCl- Renee LeFevre Esq. renee.lefevre@Boston.govMorgan   McDaniel morgan.e.mcdaniel@boston.govGabriela Coletta gabriela.coletta@boston.govBPDA devin.quirk@boston.govBPDA chris.breen@boston.govKathy  Abbott kabbott@bostonharbornow.orgTrustees   of Reservations NICK BLACK  nblack@thetrustees.orgTrustees   of Reservations AMY G. EYNATIAN  aeynatian@thetrustees.orgTrustees   of Reservations AARON GOUVEIA | PR Director agouveia@thetrustees.orgTrustees   of Reservations CHRISTINE BOYNTON | Coastal Communications Managercboynton@thetrustees.orgBoston Globe Letters…

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  CONTENT SUGGESTIONS – COPY & PASTE TO YOUR LETTER Legal, Environmental, Climate resilience concerns: Environmental  1.  Rising Sea Level impacts on Pier 5, including severe exposure to winter storm conditions. 2.  Limitations on the use of Tidal lands under M.G.L.c. 91 for water dependent uses only and the associated exclusion of public from East and…

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• The Presentation was an Embarrassment for the BRA/BPDA

  

  Nov. 17, 2021 – BPDA Presentation to the CNC: Less Than Half the Story In reference to the BPDA presentation to the Charlestown Neighborhood Council on November 4.  See the link to the two published letters below “The presentation was an embarrassment for the BPDA and a frustrating disappointment for Charlestown. Residents should know that…

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